110/80-18 is the front stock size for Americas and Speedmasters. One of the reasons Triumph used the ME330 and later Lasertech is because Metzler doesn't make the ME880 in 110/80-18. They do make a 100/90-18 in ME880 which is very close to the same size.
My '05 America came with Bridgestone tires which now have over 20K miles on them. I plan to replace them soon and can't decide what to get. They have been on the bike for 5 years. I'll trade a little bit of mileage for better tires, but I definitely don't want anything that's only going to get 6-10K miles before needing to be replaced.
I'm leaning toward the Metzlers (like stock now), but my dealer uses a lot of Dunlop D404s. They admit the Metzlers would probably last longer but cost more. I don't change my own tires and when you add in the cost to get to the dealer and pay labor, more for a longer lasting tire pans out.
If cost were no object, what are the better long wearing tires?
